English
- whetstone
- surname Li
- strict
- grind, sharpen
- severe
- whet
- to stare at others with a sharp sight; to glare; usually in a serious manner, making others feel afraid
粵語
- 目光凌厲咁掃視人，令人感到畏懼
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Variants
Words containing 厲
- 厲害lai6 hoi6
(used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstanding
- 嚴厲jim4 lai6
severe
- 凌厲ling4 lai6
swift and fierce
- 厲鬼lai6 gwai2
malicious spirit; devil
- 冤厲jyun1 lai2
full of hatred because of injustice, mostly used in ghost story
- 淒厲cai1 lai6
mournful (sound)
- 再接再厲zoi3 zip3 zoi3 lai6
to continue the struggle (idiom); to persist
- 變本加厲bin3 bun2 gaa1 lai6
lit. change to more severe (idiom); to become more intense (esp. of shortcoming)
- 厲住lai6 zyu6
to stare fiercely or to stare at others in a serious manner over a long period of time, making others feel afraid.
- 威厲wai1 lai6
awe-inspiring
- 粗厲cou1 lai6
abrasive
- 峻厲zeon3 lai6
pitiless
- 眼厲厲ngaan5 lai6 lai6
to give a warning glance to someone [colloquial]
- 眼厲厲ngaan5 lai6 lai6
to give a warning glance to someone [colloquial]
- 悽厲cai1 lai6
(of sounds) very miserable and also very loud
- 發啷厲faat3 long1 lai2
act atrociously (spoken)
- 猖厲coeng1 lai6
mad and violent
- 瞓厲頸fan3 lai2 geng2
(verb) get a sore neck; get a stiff neck
- 雷厲風行leoi4 lai6 fung1 hang4
pass like thunder and move like the wind (idiom); swift and decisive reaction
- 厲行lai6 hang4
to do (sth) with rigor; rigorously
- 厲聲lai6 sing1
in a sharp, forceful voice
- 冷厲laang5 lai6
stern; unsympathetic; icy
- 尖厲zim1 lai6
shrill (voice)
- 凜厲lam5 lai6